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Editorial: The Diadeloso tradition should not be dependent on the
behavior on a select minority of the student population off-campus

Wednesday | April 15, 2015

StuGov sees run-off for presidency
By Reubin Turner
City editor

A runoff has been declared
in the election for student body
president between Houston junior
Pearson Brown and Frisco sophomore James Porter on Tuesday.
According to the results posted
outside of the student government
office, Brown received 1,057 votes,
compared to Porter, who received
771 votes, and Kinghorn, who received 699. The Electoral Code
states that in order for a candidate
to win an election outright, they
must beat the other candidate by
12 percent. Brown needed 33 more
votes to win by that percentage.
Port Barre, La., sophomore

Lindsey Bacque and Houston to continue conveying his message
sophomore Steven Newcomb were to the student body over the next
elected to the positions of inter- two days before the runoff.
“We are just
nal vice president and
external vice president,
thrilled and excited
respectively. Both ran
about how everyunopposed.
thing has turned
Although Brown and
out, and going forward, we plan to
Porter agreed that helping connect students on
keep reaching out to
and off campus would be
students to let them
at the forefront of their
know how we would
agendas, several parts of
like to help them,”
their platforms served
Brown said. Brown
also said he was exto make the candidates
Pearson
tremely pleased with
distinct.
Brown ran on a platthe hard work his
form that would encourage stu- campaign team put in to reach votdents to “Ignite, Launch and Soar.” ers.
Pearson currently serves as the
Brown said he is honored to be able

Senate Pro Tempore and chair of the youngest candidate running
the Operations and Procedures for the position.
Committee, and has been in the
Despite the fact that Porter
Senate since his freshdoes not have as much
man year, when he
experience as the othserved as a senator.
er candidates, Porter
said he’s had a huge
Pearson said his experience helps qualify him
role in legislation this
for the position of stupast year, helping to
dent body president.
pass over a third of
During the camthe bill that have come
through the Senate.
paign, Porter said
Porter said working
campus safety and connectivity were considwith the administraered priorities on his
tion will aid in his efPorter
agenda.
fectiveness.
Lombard, Ill., sePorter ran against
Brown and Katy junior Lawren nior Danny Huizinga, Porter’s
Kinghorn, who currently serves as campaign manager gave a statethe internal vice president. He was ment on Porter’s behalf.

“We are so thankful for the
amazing level of support we have
received so far,” he said. “There is
hard work ahead before Thursday,
but we’re confident our platform
will continue to resonate with students.”
Among the Senate legislation
Porter has been involved in this
year are: consistent curfew hours
among the dorms, putting a bike
repair station in front of the Bill
Daniel Student Center and several bills that lobbied for student
government to help fund various
student organization philanthropy
events and fundraisers.
Voting for the runoff election
will be held Thursday from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.

Dr. Bennie Ward, distinguished
professor of physics since 2003,
has traveled across the country and
internationally to teach, research,
solve problems in physics, work
with the government and on the supercollider in Geneva, Switzerland.
Q: Describe your childhood in
segregated Augusta, Ga.
A: It was very interesting. It was
racially segregated by law until I
was in the 10th grade. Revolutionary in the sense that we could now
eat at places where we couldn’t eat,
go to movies where we couldn’t go
before. Of course, there was some
tension in that. But nonetheless, it
was a new awakening, so to speak.
I left what had been the all-black
high school and went to integrate
what had been the premier white
high school in the county.
I integrated the baseball team.
That got me prepared for being in
places where black people haven’t
been. That was one of the most advantageous things about my decision to go to that school.
Q: What was it like integrating
the baseball team?
A: We really had to train hard.
We actually had a very good team.
We had really good players on it. I
was really good at it also, that was

my hobby. Pitching. And I took it
very seriously.
I had all kinds of pitches and
theories about pitching and ways of
making the ball move and putting it
where I want to.
When they saw that I could
pitch, they wanted me on the team
because I could help them win. I
never felt there was any issue of me
being inferior.
Q: So you used physics to learn
how to pitch?
A: I was having a course on
physics at the time I was pitching,
but I had already developed all that
before I had a course in physics.
I understood the different types
of forces and how the ball would
respond if I would spin it one way
versus the other or use one grip versus another. There was a science to
it. You might say already that I had
an inclination towards those types
of ideas and why I liked pitching so
much.
Q: Are you excited about baseball season?
A: Always excited about every
baseball season. The Dodgers are
my favorite team. The A’s I’ve always
had an affection for.
A certain senior professor at
Purdue also was a passionate fan
of baseball. He got Stanford to get

Fountain part of
renovations to
Baylor campus
By Kalli Damschen
Staff Writer

Fountain Mall will finally have
a fountain, now that renovations
are underway on Fountain Mall
and Fifth Street.
The renovations will include
improvements to the infrastructure along the closed section of
Fifth Street from the Bill Daniel
Student Center to the circular
drive in front of the McMullenConnally Faculty Center. In addition, a memorial fountain will
be built on Fifth Street in front of
Fountain Mall.
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